# Chicago
## English
### Etymology

From French Chécagou, a transcription of Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa; compare Ojibwe zhigaagawanzh / zhigaagawinzh (“onion, leek”), zhigaag (“striped skunk”). Doublet of skunk.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/
* (US) IPA: /ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/, /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/
** (Chicago) IPA: /ʃəˈkɑː.ɡo/, /ʃəˈkɔː.ɡo/
* (Canada) IPA: [ʃɪˈkä(ː).ɡo]
* Audio (US):(file)
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### Proper noun

Chicago
* A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
    Synonyms: (slang) Chi, (US, slang) Chiraq, (informal) Chi-Town, (US, informal) Hogtown, (vulgar, derogatory) Shitcago, (informal) The Windy City
** 1953, Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March, New York: Viking Press, →OCLC, page 3:I am an American, Chicago born—Chicago, that somber city—and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted; sometimes an innocent knock, sometimes a not so innocent.
** 2014, Norm Macdonald Live, season 2, episode 7, Norm Macdonald (actor):Chicago is now #1 in murder and sausages. That sounds like my kind of town!

#### Usage notes

* In Chicago-related contexts, the word Chicago is often used to refer to certain attributes conventionally associated with the city, such as being tough and hearty, bustling and diverse, or ruthless and corrupt.

#### Derived terms

* Chi
* Chicagoan
* Chicago atomizer
* Chicago blues
* Chicago Boy
* Chicago dog
* Chicagoese
* Chicagoesque
* Chicago Heights
* Chicagoland
* Chicago lightning
* Chicago overcoat
* Chicago piano
* Chicago pizza
* Chicago principles
* Chicago Protocol
* Chicagorilla
* Chicago school
* Chicago screw
* Chicago style
* Chicago-style
* Chicago-style hot dog
* Chicago style pizza
* Chicago typewriter
* Chicongo
* Chimpcago
* Chimpcongo
* Chiraq
* Chisox
* Chi-Town
* East Chicago
* North Chicago
* Port Chicago
* Shitcago
* South Chicago

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America‎, volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 49.
* ↑ “Dialects Of Illinois, Chicago samples 3 and 6”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2012 August 21 (last accessed), archived from the original on 21 August 2012
* ↑ Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's pronunciation of the city's name
* ↑ Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's pronunciation of the city's name
* ↑ “Welcome Back, Amphitheatre”, in Chicago Tribune, 1987 December 7, page 20: “And, in a uniquely Chicago way, it was host for a perpetual, cosmopolitan feast of sights, sounds and smells.”
* ↑ Vincent M. Lizzo (1994 April 22) “City of Rain”, in Chicago Reader‎: “Some of our real police-type deputies set up a deal on him and took him down in just two days. A very Chicago kind of crime, complete with a moral: the police don't tolerate outsiders messing on their turf.”
* ↑ Elizabeth Canning Blackwell (2004) Frommer's Portable Chicago‎, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 81: “Heavy, filling and very Chicago, Mr. Beef really hops during lunchtime, when dusty construction workers and suit-wearing businessmen crowd in for their meaty fix.”

### Further reading

* Chicago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Fort Chécagou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ʃiˈka.ɣu]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ʃiˈka.ɣo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [t͡ʃiˈka.ɣo]

### Proper noun

Chicago m
* Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃɪkaːɡo]
* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃɪkaːɡo]
* Rhymes: -aːɡo

### Proper noun

Chicago n (relational adjective chicagský)
* Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Chicago”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Chicago”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Chicago.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/, /ˌtʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/
* Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go

### Proper noun

Chicago n
* Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃi.ka.ɡo/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Chicago f
* Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

## German
### Alternative forms

* Chikago

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃiˈkaːɡo/, (by hypercorrection also) /tʃiˈkaːɡo/

### Proper noun

Chicago n (proper noun, genitive Chicagos or (optionally with an article) Chicago)
* Chicago (a major city in Illinois, United States)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃikaːɡoː]
* Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go
* Rhymes: -ɡoː

### Proper noun

Chicago
* Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

#### Derived terms

* chicagói

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English, from Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp; striped skunk”), via the French transcription Chécagou.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃiˈka.ɡo/, (careful style) $^*$/ʃiˈka.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Hyphenation: Chi‧cà‧go

### Proper noun

Chicago f
* Chicago (a large city in Illinois)

### References

* ↑ Chicago in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Chicago.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃiˈka.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃiˈka.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʃiˈka.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃiˈka.ɡu/ [ʃiˈka.ɣu]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃiˈka.ɡu/ [ʃiˈka.ɣu]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /t͡ʃiˈka.ɡu/ [t͡ʃiˈka.ɣu]
* Rhymes: -aɡu
* Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go

### Proper noun

Chicago
* Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃikaːɡɔ]

### Proper noun

Chicago n (genitive singular Chicaga, declension pattern of mesto)
* Chicago (a city in Illinois, United States)

### References

* “Chicago”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃiˈkaɡo/ [t͡ʃiˈka.ɣ̞o]
* IPA: (less common, imitating English pronunciation) /ʃiˈkaɡo/ [ʃiˈka.ɣ̞o]
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Syllabification: Chi‧ca‧go

### Proper noun

Chicago ?
* Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

#### Derived terms

* chicaguense

## Tatar
### Proper noun

Chicago
* Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)